Wearing fitted pants isn’t just a fashion tip anymore; as New York Giant Plaxico Burress taught us all this weekend, it’s a safety tip, too.

Burress is in hot water after accidentally shooting himself in the leg in Manhattan’s LQ nightclub, where he’d been detained by security after telling them he was packing heat.  Explaining that his bling needed a nickel-plated bodyguard, Burress was allowed to enter the club with his gun.

Unfortunately, Burress ostensibly doesn’t believe in engaging a safety.  Nor does he apparently find a gun holster to be a fashionable nightclub firearm accessory, as it would seem he was instead carrying his weapon in his waistband.

Gravity and clumsiness did the rest, as the gun slipped down his pants leg, Burress fumbled to catch it, and he shot himself in the thigh during the process.

On the bright side for Giants fans, Burress is arguably more skilled at handling footballs than he is at handling handguns.  On the not-so-bright side, Burress just signed a $35 million dollar contract with the Giants and is now sidelined due to both a pulled hamstring and, more recently, a bullet hole in his leg.

While his future with the Giants is an unknown, it’s safe to assume that Burress has dethroned Dick Cheney as the least likely candidate to replace Charleton Heston as NRA celebrity spokesperon.

And so we award Plaxico Burress a Fantasy T-Wearer award, wearing the “Guns Backfire” t-shirt seen here at right.